Optoelectronic arrangement

ABSTRACT

An optoelectronic arrangement includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the first circuit board, wherein a first electrical contact surface and a second electrical contact surface are formed on a surface of the first circuit board, a first mating contact surface and a second mating contact surface are formed on a surface of the second circuit board, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board connect to one another such that the surface of the first circuit board faces toward the surface of the second circuit board, and the first mating contact surface electrically conductively connects to the first contact surface and the second mating contact surface electrically conductively connects to the second contact surface.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure relates to an optoelectronic arrangement.

BACKGROUND

Optoelectronic arrangements that comprise an optoelectronicsemiconductor chip arranged on a circuit board are known. Theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip may, for example, be a light-emittingdiode chip (LED chip). To electrically contact such optoelectronicarrangements, electrical conductors may be soldered directly onto soldercontacts arranged on the circuit board. As an alternative, the circuitboard may be provided with an electrical connector, for example, a jackconnector in SMD design.

The electrical connector may be arranged on the circuit board at a timebefore or after the optoelectronic semiconductor chip. If the electricalconnector is arranged on the circuit board before the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip, then the connector may cause interference duringsubsequent process steps. If the electrical connector is arranged on thecircuit board after the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, such actionmust be done on the component already separated at the time, whichentails high outlay.

It is known to provide optoelectronic arrangements for differentapplications with different electrical connectors. Optoelectronicarrangements provided with different connectors may in other regards beconfigured in the same way. The need to equip otherwise equivalentoptoelectronic arrangements with different electrical connectorsincreases the costs necessary for production of the optoelectronicarrangements.

It could therefore be helpful to provide an improved optoelectronicarrangement.

SUMMARY

We provide an optoelectronic arrangement including a first circuitboard, a second circuit board, and an optoelectronic semiconductor chiparranged on the first circuit board, wherein a first electrical contactsurface and a second electrical contact surface are formed on a surfaceof the first circuit board, a first mating contact surface and a secondmating contact surface are formed on a surface of the second circuitboard, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board connectto one another such that the surface of the first circuit board facestoward the surface of the second circuit board, and the first matingcontact surface electrically conductively connect to the first contactsurface and the second mating contact surface electrically conductivelyconnects to the second contact surface.

We also provide an optoelectronic arrangement including a first circuitboard, a second circuit board, and an optoelectronic semiconductor chiparranged on the first circuit board, wherein a first electrical contactsurface and a second electrical contact surface are formed on a surfaceof the first circuit board, the first electrical contact surface and thesecond electrical contact surface electrically conductively connect tothe optoelectronic semiconductor chip, a first mating contact surfaceand a second mating contact surface are formed on a surface of thesecond circuit board, the second circuit board includes an electricalconnector, an electrical connection element of the electrical connectorelectrically conductively connects to the first mating contact surface,and the first circuit board and the second circuit board connect to oneanother such that the surface of the first circuit board faces towardthe surface of the second circuit board, and the first mating contactsurface electrically conductively connects to the first contact surfaceand the second mating contact surface electrically conductively connectsto the second contact surface.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a first component circuit board of a firstoptoelectronic arrangement.

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a first connection circuit board of thefirst optoelectronic arrangement.

FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the first optoelectronic arrangement withthe first component circuit board and the first connection circuitboard.

FIG. 4 shows a side view of the first optoelectronic arrangement withthe first component circuit board and the first connection circuitboard.

FIG. 5 shows a plan view of a second connection circuit board of asecond optoelectronic arrangement.

FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the second optoelectronic arrangement withthe first component circuit board and the second connection circuitboard.

FIG. 7 shows a side view of the second optoelectronic arrangement withthe first component circuit board and the second connection circuitboard.

FIG. 8 shows a plan view of a second component circuit board of a thirdoptoelectronic arrangement.

FIG. 9 shows a plan view of a third connection circuit board of thethird optoelectronic arrangement.

FIG. 10 shows a side view of a fourth optoelectronic arrangement with asecond fastener.

FIG. 11 shows a side view of a fifth optoelectronic arrangement with athird fastener.

FIG. 12 shows a side view of a sixth optoelectronic arrangement with afourth fastener.

FIG. 13 shows a plan view of a fourth connection circuit board of aseventh optoelectronic arrangement.

LIST OF REFERENCES

-   10 first optoelectronic arrangement-   20 second optoelectronic arrangement-   30 third optoelectronic arrangement-   40 fourth optoelectronic arrangement-   50 fifth optoelectronic arrangement-   60 sixth optoelectronic arrangement-   70 seventh optoelectronic arrangement-   100 first component circuit board-   101 surface-   110 first electrical contact surface-   120 second electrical contact surface-   130 optoelectronic semiconductor chip-   140 first bore-   150 second bore-   200 first connection circuit board-   201 surface-   210 first mating contact surface-   220 second mating contact surface-   230 electrical connector-   231 first electrical connection element-   232 second electrical connection element-   233 connection side-   240 first bore-   250 second bore-   300 first fastening means-   310 first screw-   320 second screw-   1200 second connection circuit board-   1210 first solder contact surface-   1215 first conductor-   1220 second solder contact surface-   1225 second conductor-   2100 second component circuit board-   2130 third electrical contact surface-   2140 fourth electrical contact surface-   2150 slot-   2160 further element-   2200 third connection circuit board-   2230 third mating contact surface-   2233 third electrical connection element-   2234 fourth electrical connection element-   2240 fourth mating contact surface-   2250 slot-   3200 fourth connection circuit board-   3210 further element-   3233 third electrical connection element-   4300 second fastening means-   4310 first resilient element-   4320 second resilient element-   5300 third fastening means-   5310 electrically conductive element-   6300 fourth fastening means-   6310 first clamp jaw-   6320 second clamp jaw

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Our optoelectronic arrangement comprises a first circuit board and asecond circuit board. In this case, an optoelectronic semiconductor chipis arranged on the first circuit board. A first electrical contactsurface and a second electrical contact surface are formed on a surfaceof the first circuit board. A first mating contact surface and a secondmating contact surface are formed on a surface of the second circuitboard. The first circuit board and the second circuit board connect toone another such that the surface of the first circuit board facestoward the surface of the second circuit board, the first mating contactsurface electrically conductively connects to the first contact surfaceand the second mating contact surface electrically conductively connectsto the second contact surface. The optoelectronic semiconductor chiparranged on the first circuit board of the optoelectronic arrangementmay, for example, be a light-emitting diode chip (LED chip). The secondcircuit board of this optoelectronic arrangement may advantageously beused to electrically contact the first circuit board with theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged thereon. To this end, thefirst circuit board and the second circuit board of the optoelectronicarrangement may be connected to one another such that there areelectrically conductive contacts between the contact surfaces of thefirst circuit board and the mating contact surfaces of the secondcircuit board. Advantageously, the first circuit board of theoptoelectronic arrangement may form a core component which may becombined with differently configured second circuit boards. This makesit possible to provide the first circuit board with different electricalinterfaces. In this way, the optoelectronic arrangement canadvantageously be used for different applications. A further advantageis that the first circuit board of the optoelectronic arrangement doesnot need to be provided with an electrical connector so that the lattercannot interfere with the production of the first circuit board. Thisadvantageously simplifies the production of the first circuit board.

The second circuit board may comprise an electrical connector. In thiscase, an electrical connection element of the electrical connectorelectrically conductively connects to the first mating contact surface.Advantageously, the electrical connector of the second circuit board maybe used to electrically contact the optoelectronic arrangement. When thefirst circuit board and the second circuit board of the optoelectronicarrangement connect to one another, then there is an electricallyconductive connection between the electrical connection element of theelectrical connector and the optoelectronic semiconductor chip via thefirst mating contact surface of the second circuit board and the firstcontact surface of the first circuit board.

The electrical connector may be configured as a jack connector, as aninsulation piercing connection device, as a screw contact or as a solderpin. Advantageously, the electrical connector of the second circuitboard of the optoelectronic arrangement may in this way be configuredfor a specific application.

The second circuit board may comprise a first solder contact surfaceelectrically conductively connected to the first mating contact surface.In this case, the second circuit board furthermore comprises a secondsolder contact surface electrically conductively connected to the secondmating contact surface. The first solder contact surface and the secondsolder contact surface of the second circuit board may be used toelectrically contact the optoelectronic arrangement. For example,electrical conductors may be soldered onto the first solder contactsurface and the second solder contact surface of the second circuitboard of the optoelectronic arrangement. In this way, an electricalconnector is not required to electrically contact the optoelectronicarrangement. This offers the advantage that the optoelectronicarrangement can be configured particularly compactly and economically.

The first circuit board and the second circuit board may connect to oneanother by a resiliently flexible fastener. Advantageously, by virtue ofthe resiliently flexible fastener, reliable electrical connection can beensured between the first mating contact surface of the second circuitboard and the first contact surface of the first circuit board, as wellas between the second mating contact surface of the second circuit boardand the second contact surface of the first circuit board. Theresiliently flexible fastener may in this case advantageously compensatefor thermal expansions of the first circuit board and the second circuitboard of the optoelectronic arrangement. In this way, reliableelectrical connections are advantageously ensured between the matingcontact surfaces of the second circuit board and the contact surfaces ofthe first circuit board over a multiplicity of heating and coolingcycles.

The first circuit board and the second circuit board may connect to oneanother by a screw connection. Advantageously, a screw connection offersa simple and economically producible possibility of reliably connectingthe first circuit board and the second circuit board of theoptoelectronic arrangement permanently to one another. The screwconnection may in this case comprise one or more screws. The screws ofthe screw connection may have a thermal expansion coefficient adapted tothe thermal expansion coefficients of the first circuit board and thesecond circuit board to ensure a reliable connection between the firstcircuit board and the second circuit board, in particular a reliableelectrical connection between the mating contact surfaces of the secondcircuit board and the contact surfaces of the first circuit board, evenin the event of heating or cooling the circuit boards of theoptoelectronic arrangement.

The first circuit board and the second circuit board may connect to oneanother by a clamp connection. Advantageously, a clamp connectionrepresents a simply mountable and economically producible possibility ofconnecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board of theoptoelectronic arrangement to one another. The clamp connection may inthis case advantageously be configured to be resiliently flexible.

The first electrical mating contact surface may be pressed against thefirst electrical contact surface, and the second electrical matingcontact surface may be pressed against the second electrical contactsurface when the second circuit board and the first circuit boardconnect to one another. Advantageously, there is therefore a directelectrically conductive connection between the first mating contactsurface and the first contact surface as well as between the secondmating contact surface and the second contact surface. Advantageously,the optoelectronic arrangement may therefore have a particularly lowoverall height.

The optoelectronic arrangement may comprise an electrically conductiveelement arranged between the first mating contact surface and the firstcontact surface and/or between the second mating contact surface and thesecond contact surface when the second circuit board and the firstcircuit board connect to one another. Advantageously, the electricallyconductive element may compensate for length variations of the firstcircuit board and the second circuit board of the optoelectronicarrangement due to differently strong thermal expansions. In this way,even in the event of heating and cooling of the circuit boards of theoptoelectronic arrangement, reliable electrical connections are ensuredbetween the mating contact surfaces of the second circuit board and thecontact surfaces of the first circuit board of the optoelectronicarrangement.

The first contact surface, the second contact surface, the first matingcontact surface and/or the second mating contact surface may comprise aductile material. Advantageously, the ductile material may compensatefor possible height differences of the first contact surface, the secondcontact surface, the first mating contact surface and/or the secondmating contact surface. In this way, advantageously, even when there aresuch possible height differences, reliable electrical contacts areensured between the mating contact surfaces of the second circuit boardand the contact surfaces of the first circuit board of theoptoelectronic arrangement.

The first circuit board may comprise a slot arranged between the firstcontact surface and the second contact surface. As an alternative or inaddition, the second circuit board comprises a slot arranged between thefirst mating contact surface and the second mating contact surface.Advantageously, the slot arranged in the first circuit board and/or thesecond circuit board may compensate for length variations of the firstcircuit board and the second circuit board due to thermal expansions ofthe first circuit board and the second circuit board so that reliableelectrical connections between the mating contact surfaces of the secondcircuit board and the contact surfaces of the first circuit board of theoptoelectronic arrangement are ensured even in the event of heating andcooling of the circuit boards of the optoelectronic arrangement.

The first circuit board may comprise a third electrical contact surface.In this case, the second circuit board comprises a third electricalmating contact surface. The first circuit board and the second circuitboard connect to one another such that the third mating contact surfaceelectrically conductively connects to the third contact surface.Advantageously, a third electrical connection of the optoelectronicarrangement can be provided by the third electrical contact surface andthe third electrical mating contact surface.

The first circuit board may be configured as a metal core circuit board.Advantageously, the first circuit board of the optoelectronicarrangement therefore has a high thermal conductivity. This makes itpossible for the first circuit board of the optoelectronic arrangementto effectively dissipate waste heat produced by the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip. In this way, overheating of the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip is prevented.

The second circuit board may be configured as an FR4 circuit board.Advantageously, the second circuit board may therefore be producedsimply and economically.

A further element may be arranged on the first circuit board. Thefurther element is in this case configured as a thermocouple, an NTCthermistor, an element to measure brightness, an encoding element, or afurther optoelectronic semiconductor chip. A further optoelectronicsemiconductor chip may advantageously be used to increase the opticaloutput power of the optoelectronic arrangement. An encoding element mayadvantageously be used to encode a color locus, a brightness, a spectraldistribution or a temperature excursion of the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip of the optoelectronic arrangement. An element thatmeasures brightness may be used to measure the brightness ofelectromagnetic radiation emitted by the optoelectronic semiconductorchip. An NTC thermistor may be used to determine the temperature at theposition of the first circuit board of the optoelectronic arrangement. Athermocouple may also be used to determine a temperature.

The third electrical contact surface may electrically conductivelyconnect to the further element. Advantageously, the first element of thefirst circuit board of the optoelectronic arrangement may thenelectrically contact via the third electrical contact surface and thethird electrical mating contact surface.

The first electrical contact surface and the second electrical contactsurface may electrically conductively connect to the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip. The optoelectronic semiconductor chip of theoptoelectronic arrangement may in this way advantageously electricallycontact from the outside via the first electrical contact surface andthe second electrical contact surface, as well as the first electricalmating contact surface and the second electrical mating contact surface.

A further element configured as drive electronics to drive theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip, a protective circuit to protect theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip, a monitoring circuit to electricallyor thermally monitor the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, a monitorcircuit to record a history of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip,and/or an encoding element, may be arranged on the second circuit board.The encoding element may, for example, encode a color locus, abrightness, a spectral distribution or a temperature excursion of theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip of the optoelectronic arrangement.

The above-described properties, features and advantages, as well as theway in which they are achieved, will become more clearly andcomprehensively understandable in connection with the followingdescription of examples which will be explained in more detail inconnection with the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show components of a first optoelectronic arrangement 10.The first optoelectronic arrangement 10 may, for example, be alight-emitting diode arrangement.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view of a first component circuit board100 of the first optoelectronic arrangement 10. The first componentcircuit board 100 may also be referred to as a printed circuit board orPCB. The first component circuit board 100 may, for example, beconfigured as a metal core circuit board with a metallization arrangedinside it. In this case, the first component circuit board 100advantageously has a high thermal conductivity.

A first electrical contact surface 110 and a second electrical contactsurface 120 are formed on a surface 101 of the first component circuitboard 100. The first electrical contact surface 110 and the secondelectrical contact surface 120 are respectively configured as flatmetallizations. The first electrical contact surface 110 may, forexample, be formed by a metallization arranged on the surface 101 of thefirst component circuit board 100. The first electrical contact surface110 is then electrically insulated from an optional metal core of thefirst component circuit board 100. The second electrical contact surface120 may likewise be formed by a metallization arranged on the surface101 of the first component circuit board 100. In this case, the secondelectrical contact surface 120 is likewise electrically insulated froman optional metal core of the first component circuit board 100. Thesecond electrical contact surface 120 may, however, also be formed by anexposed section of a metal core of the first component circuit board100, when the latter is configured as a metal core circuit board. Inthis case, the second electrical contact surface 120 of the firstcomponent circuit board 100 electrically conductively connects to themetal core of the first component circuit board 100.

In the example of the first component circuit board 100 as representedin FIG. 1, the first electrical contact surface 110 and the secondelectrical contact surface 120 are both arranged close to the same outeredge of the first component circuit board 100. The first electricalcontact surface 110 is arranged in a first corner region of therectangularly configured first component circuit board 100. The secondelectrical contact surface 120 is arranged in a second corner region ofthe first component circuit board 100.

An optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 is arranged on the surface 101of the first component circuit board 100. The optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130 is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation,for example, visible light. The optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130may, for example, be a light-emitting diode chip (LED chip). Theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 may, however, also be a laser chipor another optoelectronic semiconductor chip.

The optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 electrically conductivelyconnects to the first electrical contact surface 110 and to the secondelectrical contact surface 120. This makes it possible to apply anelectrical voltage to the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 betweenthe first electrical contact surface 110 and the second electricalcontact surface 120 to operate the optoelectronic semiconductor chip130. The electrically conductive connection between the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130 and the first electrical contact surface 110 may,for example, comprise a bonding wire. The electrically conductiveconnection between the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 and thesecond electrical contact surface 120 may, for example, be formed by anelectrically conductive connection existing on a lower side of theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip 130, between the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130 and a metal core of the first component circuitboard 100, if the first component circuit board 100 is configured as ametal core circuit board. The optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 may,however, also connect to the second electrical contact surface 120 by abonding wire or another electrically conductive connection.

The first component circuit board 100 has a first bore 140 and a secondbore 150. The first bore 140 and the second bore 150 form accessopenings oriented perpendicularly with respect to the surface 101 of thefirst component circuit board 100 and extend through the first componentcircuit board 100. In the example of the first component circuit board100 as shown in FIG. 1, the first bore 140 is arranged in the firstcorner region of the first component circuit board 100 and passesthrough the first electrical contact surface 110. The second bore 150 isarranged in the second corner region of the first component circuitboard 100 and passes through the second electrical contact surface 120.It would, however, also be possible to arrange the first bore 140 andthe second bore 150 at other positions of the first component circuitboard 100. The first component circuit board 100 could also have onlythe first bore 140 or more than two bores 140, 150.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic plan view of a first connection circuit board200 of the first optoelectronic arrangement 10. The first connectioncircuit board 200 may also be referred to as a printed circuit board orPCB. The first connection circuit board 200 may have a conventional andeconomical circuit board substrate, for example, an FR4 substrate.

A first mating contact surface 210 and a second mating contact surface220 are formed on a surface 201 of the first connection circuit board200. The first mating contact surface 210 and the second mating contactsurface 220 are respectively formed by flat metallizations. In theexample of the first connection circuit board 200 as shown in FIG. 2,the first mating contact surface 210 and the second mating contactsurface 220 are arranged close to a common outer edge of the firstconnection circuit board 200. The first mating contact surface 210 isarranged in a first corner region of the first connection circuit board200. The second mating contact surface 220 is arranged in a secondcorner region of the first connection circuit board 200.

An electrical connector 230 is arranged on the surface 201 of the firstconnection circuit board 200. The electrical connector 230 provideselectrically conductive connections to the first mating contact surface210 and the second mating contact surface 220 of the first connectioncircuit board 200. To this end, first electrical connection elements 231of the electrical connector 230 electrically conductively connect to thefirst mating contact surface 210. Second electrical connection elements232 of the electrical connector 230 electrically conductively connect tothe second mating contact surface 220 of the first connection circuitboard 200. The first electrical connection elements 231 and the secondelectrical connection elements 232 of the electrical connector 230 may,for example, connect by solder connections to the mating contactsurfaces 210, 220 of the first connection circuit board 200.

On a connection side 233 of the electrical connector 230, the electricalconnector 230 provides electrically conductive connections to the firstelectrical connection elements 231 and the second electrical connectionelements 232 and, therefore, also to the first mating contact surface210 and the second mating contact surface 220. In the example of thefirst connection circuit board 200 as shown in FIG. 2, the electricalconnector 230 is configured as a jack connector. The connection side 233of the electrical connector 230 is formed by an insertion side of theelectrical connector 230 configured as a jack connector, which side isintended to be plugged together to a matching jack connector matingpiece to produce electrically conductive connections between theelectrical connection elements 231, 232 of the electrical connector 230and corresponding connection elements of the jack connector matingpiece.

In the example of the first connection circuit board 200 as shown inFIG. 2, only one electrical connector 230 is provided, which provideselectrically conductive connections both to the first mating contactsurface 210 and the second mating contact surface 220. It would,however, also be possible to provide to separate electrical connectorsfor contacting the first mating contact surface 210 and the secondmating contact surface 220. Other than as jack connectors, theelectrical connector 230, or the plurality of electrical connectors may,for example, also be configured as insulation piercing connectiondevices, as screw contacts (terminal blocks) or as solder pins.

The first connection circuit board 200 has a first bore 240 and a secondbore 250. The first bore 240 and the second bore 250 respectively extendas openings oriented perpendicularly to the surface 201 of the firstconnection circuit board 200, through the first connection circuit board200. The first bore 240 is arranged in the first corner region of thefirst connection circuit board 200 and passes through the first matingcontact surface 210. The second bore 250 is arranged in the secondcorner region of the first connection circuit board 200 and passesthrough the second mating contact surface 220. The diameters of thefirst bore 240 and of the second bore 250 of the first connectioncircuit board 200 preferably correspond approximately to the diametersof the first bore 140 and the second bore 150 of the first componentcircuit board 100. The distance between the bores 240, 250 of the firstconnection circuit board 200 corresponds approximately to the distancebetween the first bore 140 and the second bore 150 of the firstcomponent circuit board 100.

The first component circuit board 100 of the first optoelectronicarrangement 10 and the first connection circuit board 200 of the firstoptoelectronic arrangement 10 connect to one another such that thesurface 101 of the first component circuit board 100 faces toward thesurface 201 of the first connection circuit board 200, the first matingcontact surface 210 of the first connection circuit board 200electrically conductively connects to the first contact surface 110 ofthe first component circuit board 100, and the second mating contactsurface 220 of the first connection circuit board 200 electricallyconductively connects to the second electrical contact surface 120 ofthe first component circuit board 100. FIG. 3 shows a schematic planview of the circuit boards 100, 200, connected to one another, of thefirst optoelectronic arrangement 10. FIG. 4 shows a schematic side viewof the circuit boards 100, 200, connected to one another, of the firstoptoelectronic arrangement 10.

The first component circuit board 100 and the first connection circuitboard 200 of the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 connect to oneanother by a first fastening means 300. The first fastening means 300 isconfigured as a screw connection and, in the example shown in FIGS. 3and 4, comprises a first screw 310 and a second screw 320. A differentnumber of screws would, however, likewise be possible. The first screw310 extends through the first bore 140 of the first component circuitboard 100 and the first bore 240 of the first connection circuit board200. The second screw 320 extends through the second bore 150 of thefirst component circuit board 100 and the second bore 250 of the firstconnection circuit board 200. The first screw 310 and the second screw320 of the first fastening means 300 may respectively be secured by anut, although this is not represented in FIGS. 3 and 4.

In the connected state of the first connection circuit board 200 and thefirst component circuit board 100 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the firstmating contact surface 210 of the first connection circuit board 200electrically conductively connects to the first electrical contactsurface 110. In this way, there is an electrically conductive connectionbetween the electrical connector 230 of the first connection circuitboard 200 and the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 of the firstcomponent circuit board 100. The second mating contact surface 220 ofthe first connection circuit board 200 presses against the secondelectrical contact surface 120 such that there is an electricallyconductive connection between the second mating contact surface 220 andthe second electrical contact surface 120. In this way, there is also anelectrically conductive connection between the electrical connector 230of the first connection circuit board 200 and the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130 of the first component circuit board 100.

The first electrical contact surface 110 of the first component circuitboard 100, the second electrical contact surface 120 of the firstcomponent circuit board 100, the first mating contact surface 210 of thefirst connection circuit board 200 and/or the second mating contactsurface 220 of the first connection circuit board 200 may comprise aductile material that deforms when the mating contact surfaces 210, 220and the electrical contact surfaces 110, 120 are pressed together tocompensate for possible height differences. The ductile material may,for example, comprise a tin solder.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show components of a second optoelectronic arrangement 20.The second optoelectronic arrangement 20 has correspondences with thefirst optoelectronic arrangement 10 of FIGS. 1 to 4. Components of thesecond optoelectronic arrangement 20 corresponding to components presentin the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 are provided with the samereferences in FIGS. 5 to 7 as in FIGS. 1 to 4, and will not be describedagain in detail below. Only the differences between the secondoptoelectronic arrangement 20 and the first optoelectronic arrangement10 will be explained.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic plan view of a second connection circuit board1200 of the second optoelectronic arrangement 20. The second connectioncircuit board 1200 replaces the first connection circuit board 200 ofthe first optoelectronic arrangement 10. Instead of the electricalconnector 230, the second connection circuit board 1200 has a firstsolder contact surface 1210 and a second solder contact surface 1220.The first solder contact surface 1210 electrically conductively connectsto the first mating contact surface 210. In the example represented, thefirst solder contact surface 1210 and the first mating contact surface210 continuously flatly merge into one another. The second soldercontact surface 1220 electrically conductively connects to the secondmating contact surface 220. In the example represented, the secondsolder contact surface 1220 and the second mating contact surface 220continuously flatly merge into one another.

The first solder contact surface 1210 and the second solder contactsurface 1220 of the second connection circuit board 1200 arerespectively intended for the soldering of electrical conductors. InFIG. 5, by way of example, a first conductor 1215 is soldered to thefirst solder contact surface 1210. In the exemplary representation, asecond conductor 1225 is soldered to the second solder contact surface1220.

Besides the second connection circuit board 1200, the secondoptoelectronic arrangement 20 comprises the first component circuitboard 100 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic plan view of the second optoelectronicarrangement 20 in a state in which the first component circuit board 100connects to the second connection circuit board 1200 by the firstfastening means 300. FIG. 7 shows a schematic side view of the secondoptoelectronic arrangement 20 with the second connection circuit board1200 connected to the first component circuit board 100. The surface 201of the second connection circuit board 1200 of the second optoelectronicarrangement 20 faces toward the surface 101 of the first componentcircuit board 100 of the second optoelectronic arrangement 20. The firstmating contact surface 210 of the second connection circuit board 1200presses against the first electrical contact surface 110 of the firstcomponent circuit board 100 so that there is an electrically conductiveconnection between the first mating contact surface 210 and the firstelectrical contact surface 110. The second mating contact surface 220 ofthe second connection circuit board 1200 presses against the secondelectrical contact surface 120 of the first component circuit board 100so that there is an electrically conductive connection between thesecond mating contact surface 220 and the second electrical contactsurface 120. In this way, in the second optoelectronic arrangement 20,the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 arranged on the firstcomponent circuit board 100 can be contacted via the first conductor1215 connected to the second connection circuit board 1200 and thesecond conductor 1225 connected to the second connection circuit board1200.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show schematic representations of components of a thirdoptoelectronic arrangement 30. The third optoelectronic arrangement 30has correspondences with the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 ofFIGS. 1 to 4. Components of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30corresponding to components present in the first optoelectronicarrangement 10 are provided with the same references in FIGS. 8 and 9 asin FIGS. 1 to 4 and will not be explained again in detail below. Onlythe differences between the third optoelectronic arrangement 30 and thefirst optoelectronic arrangement 10 will be explained.

FIG. 8 shows a plan view of a second component circuit board 2100 of thethird optoelectronic arrangement 30. The second component circuit board2100 replaces the first component circuit board 100. In addition to thefirst electrical contact surface 110 and the second electrical contactsurface 120, the second component circuit board 2100 has a thirdelectrical contact surface 2130 and a fourth electrical contact surface2140. The third electrical contact surface 2130 and the fourthelectrical contact surface 2140 are, like the first electrical contactsurface 110 and the second electrical contact surface 120, formed on thesurface 101 of the second component circuit board 2100. The firstelectrical contact surface 110, the second electrical contact surface120, the third electrical contact surface 2130 and the fourth electricalcontact surface 2140 of the second component circuit board 2100 arerespectively electrically insulated from one another.

In addition to the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130, the secondcomponent circuit board 2100 also has a further element 2160 arranged onthe surface 101 of the second component circuit board 2100. The furtherelement 2160 electrically conductively connects to the third electricalcontact surface 2130 and the fourth electrical contact surface 2140 sothat the further element 2160 can receive current and voltage via thethird electrical contact surface 2130 and the fourth electrical contactsurface 2140. It is also possible to connect the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130 and the further element 2160 of the secondcomponent circuit board 2100 to the electrical contact surfaces 110,120, 2130, 2140 of the second component circuit board 2100 such that theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 and the further element 2160 ofthe second component circuit board 2100 share a common ground contact.In this case, one of the electrical contact surfaces 110, 120, 2130,2140 of the second component circuit board 2100 may be omitted or usedfor another purpose.

The further element 2160 of the second component circuit board 2100 may,for example, be a further optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The furtherelement 2160 may also be a thermocouple or an NTC thermistor. In thiscase, the further element 2160 may be used to monitor a temperature atthe position of the second component circuit board 2100, for example, atemperature of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130. The furtherelement 2160 of the second component circuit board 2100 may also be anelement that measures brightness. In this case, the further element 2160may be used to measure the brightness of electromagnetic radiationemitted by the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 of the secondcomponent circuit board 2100. The further element 2160 of the secondcomponent circuit board 2100 may also be an encoding element used, forexample, to encode a color locus, brightness, spectral distribution ortemperature excursion of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 ofthe second component circuit board 2100. The further element 2160forming the encoding element may in this case, for example, beconfigured as a resistor network. The further element 2160 of the secondcomponent circuit board 2100 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30may also be another active or passive component.

The second component circuit board 2100 has a slot 2150 extending froman outer edge of the second component circuit board 2100 into the secondcomponent circuit board 2100. The slot 2150 is arranged on the outeredge of the second component circuit board 2100 next to which theelectrical contact surfaces 110, 120, 2130, 2140 of the second componentcircuit board 2100 are located. In the example represented in FIG. 8,the first electrical contact surface 110 and the third electricalcontact surface 2130 of the second component circuit board 2100 arearranged on one side of the slot 2150. In the example shown in FIG. 8,the second electrical contact surface 120 and the fourth electricalcontact surface 2140 are arranged on the other side of the slot 2150.The slot 2150 of the second component circuit board 2100 allows acertain deformation of the second component circuit board 2100. Inparticular, the slot 2150 allows variation of the distance between thefirst electrical contact surface 110 and the second electrical contactsurface 120 of the second component circuit board 2100, variation of thedistance between the third electrical contact surface 2130 and thefourth electrical contact surface 2140 of the second component circuitboard 2100, and variation of the distance between the first bore 140 andthe second bore 150 of the second component circuit board 2100. The slot2150 of the second component circuit board 2100 therefore allowscompensation for thermal length variations.

FIG. 9 shows a plan view of a third connection circuit board 2200 of thethird optoelectronic arrangement 30. The third connection circuit board2200 replaces the first connection circuit board 200. In addition to thefirst mating contact surface 210 and the second mating contact surface220, the third connection circuit board 2200 has a third mating contactsurface 2230 and a fourth mating contact surface 2240. The individualmating contact surfaces 210, 220, 2230, 2240 of the third connectioncircuit board 2200 are respectively electrically insulated from oneanother. Third electrical connection elements 2230 of the electricalconnector 230 of the third connection circuit board 2200 electricallyconductively connect to the third mating contact surface 2230, forexample, by solder connections. Fourth electrical connection elements2234 of the electrical connector 230 of the third connection circuitboard 2200 electrically conductively connect to the fourth matingcontact surface 2240, for example, soldered to the fourth mating contactsurface 2240. The electrical connector 230 of the third connectioncircuit board 2200 therefore provides electrically conductiveconnections to the first mating contact surface 210, to the secondmating contact surface 220, the third mating contact surface 2230 andthe fourth mating contact surface 2240 of the third connection circuitboard 2200.

The third connection circuit board 2200 has a slot 2250 extending froman outer edge of the third connection circuit board 2200 into the thirdconnection circuit board 2200. The slot 2250 is arranged on that outeredge of the third connection circuit board 2200 next to which the matingcontact surfaces 210, 220, 2230, 2240 of the third connection circuitboard 2200 are arranged. The slot 2250 extends between the first matingcontact surface 210 and the second mating contact surface 220, as wellas between the third mating contact surface 2230 and the fourth matingcontact surface 2240. The slot 2250 allows a certain deformation of thethird connection circuit board 2200. In this way, variation of thedistance between the first mating contact surface 210 and the thirdmating contact surface 2230 on one side, and the second mating contactsurface 220 and the fourth mating contact surface 2240 of the thirdconnection circuit board 2200 on the other side is made possible.Furthermore, the slot 2250 allows variation of the distance between thefirst bore 240 and the second bore 250 of the third connection circuitboard 2200. This allows compensation for a thermal length variation.

When the second component circuit board 2100 and the third connectioncircuit board 2200 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30 connect toone another, the surface 110 of the second component circuit board 2100faces toward the surface 201 of the third connection circuit board 2200.The first mating contact surface 210 of the third connection circuitboard 2200 presses against the first electrical contact surface 110 ofthe second component circuit board 2100 so that there is an electricallyconductive connection between the first mating contact surface 210 andthe first electrical contact surface 110. Correspondingly, the secondmating contact surface 220 presses against the second electrical contactsurface 120, the third mating contact surface 2230 is pressed againstthe third electrical contact surface 2130, and the fourth mating contactsurface 2240 presses against the fourth electrical contact surface 2140so that there are electrically conductive connections between the secondmating contact surface 220 and the second electrical contact surface120, between the third mating contact surface 2230 and the thirdelectrical contact surface 2130, and between the fourth mating contactsurface 2240 and the fourth electrical contact surface 2140. Again, theelectrical contact surfaces 110, 120, 2130, 2140 and/or the matingcontact surfaces 210, 220, 2230, 2240 may comprise a ductile materialwhich by deformation allows compensation for certain height differences.

If one of the electrical contact surfaces 110, 120, 2130, 2140 of thesecond component circuit board 2100 of the third optoelectronicarrangement 30 is omitted, then the corresponding mating contact surface210, 220, 2230, 2240 of the third connection circuit board 2200 of thethird optoelectronic arrangement 30 may also be omitted. It is alsopossible to configure the second component circuit board 2100 with morethan 40,001 four electrical contact surfaces 110, 120, 2130, 2140. Inthis case, the third connection circuit board 2200 should also have acorrespondingly larger number of mating contact surfaces 210, 220, 2230,2240.

The second component circuit board 2100 and the third connection circuitboard 2200 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 300 may havedifferent thermal expansion coefficients to one another. In this case,the second component circuit board 2100 and the third connection circuitboard 2200 expand to different extents in the lateral direction in theevent of heating. The differently strong thermal expansions of thesecond component circuit board 2100 and the third connection circuitboard 2200 may be compensated for by the slot 2150 arranged in thesecond component circuit board 2100 and/or the slot 2250 arranged in thethird connection circuit board 2200. In this way, a reliable electricalconnection is ensured between the electrical contact surfaces 110, 120,2130, 2140 of the second component circuit board 2100 and the matingcontact surfaces 210, 220, 2230, 2240 of the third connection circuitboard 2200, and damage to the second component circuit board 2100 andthe third connection circuit board 2200 is prevented, even in the eventof differently strong thermal expansions of the second component circuitboard 2100 and the third connection circuit board 2200. One of the slots2150, 2250 may also be omitted. Instead of the slots 2150, 2250, thesecond component circuit board 2100 and the third connection circuitboard 2200 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30 could also haveelongate holes that are not open toward the outer edges of the secondcomponent circuit board 2100 and the third connection circuit board2200. Such elongate holes also allow a certain deformation of thecircuit boards 2100, 2200.

During heating, the second component circuit board 2100 and the thirdconnection circuit board 2200 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30also extend in the direction perpendicular to the planes of the secondcomponent circuit board 2100 and the third connection circuit board2200. The first screw 310 and the second screw 320 of the firstfastening means 300 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30 may bemade of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient adapted to thethermal expansion coefficients of the second component circuit board2100 and the third connection circuit board 2200, for example, lyingbetween the thermal expansion coefficient of the second componentcircuit board 2100 and the thermal expansion coefficient of the thirdconnection circuit board 2200. In the event of heating, the screws 310,320 of the first fastening means 300 therefore also experience a lengthvariation by which the thermal expansion of the circuit boards 2100,2200 of the third optoelectronic arrangement 30 is compensated for ortaken into account.

FIG. 10 shows a schematic side view of a fourth optoelectronicarrangement 40. The fourth optoelectronic arrangement 40 hascorrespondences with the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 of FIGS. 1to 4. Components of the fourth optoelectronic arrangement correspondingto components present in the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 areprovided with the same references in FIG. 10 as in FIGS. 1 to 4 and willnot be described again in detail below. Only the differences between thefourth optoelectronic arrangement 40 and the first optoelectronicarrangement 10 will be explained below.

The fourth optoelectronic arrangement 40 has a second fastening means4300 that replaces the first fastening means 300. The second fasteningmeans 4300 is used to fasten the first component circuit board 100 andthe first connection circuit board 200 of the fourth optoelectronicarrangement 40 to one another. Like the first fastening means 300, thesecond fastening means 4300 has a first screw 310 and a second screw320. Furthermore, for each screw 310, 320, the second fastening means4300 respectively has a first resilient element 4310 and a secondresilient element 4320. The resilient elements 4310, 4320 comprise anelectrically flexible material. The resilient elements 4310, 4320preferably furthermore comprise an electrically insulating material. Theresilient elements 4310, 4320 are respectively configured in the shapeof a ring. The first screw 310 and the second screw 320 respectivelyextend through the first resilient element 4310 assigned to them and thesecond resilient element 4320 assigned to them. The first componentcircuit board 100 and the first connection circuit board 200 of thefourth optoelectronic arrangement 40 are arranged between the two firstresilient elements 4310 and the two second resilient elements 4320 ofthe second fastening means 4300. The elastically flexible resilientelements 4310, 4320 compensate for a thermal length variation of thefirst component circuit board 100 and of the first connection circuitboard 200 of the fourth optoelectronic arrangement 40. In a simplifiedvariant of the second fastening means 4300, either the first resilientelement 4310 or the second resilient element 4320 may be omitted.

Of course, the second fastening means 4300 could also be used in thesecond optoelectronic arrangement 20 or the third optoelectronicarrangement 30.

FIG. 11 shows a schematic side view of a fifth optoelectronicarrangement 50. The fifth optoelectronic arrangement 50 hascorrespondences with the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 of FIGS. 1to 4. Components of the fifth optoelectronic arrangement 50corresponding to components present in the first optoelectronicarrangement 10 are provided with the same references in FIG. 11 as inFIGS. 1 to 4 and will not be described again in detail below. Only thedifferences between the fifth optoelectronic arrangement 50 and thefirst optoelectronic arrangement 10 will be explained below.

The fifth optoelectronic arrangement 50 has a third fastening means 5300that replaces the first fastening means 300 of the first optoelectronicarrangement 10. Like the first fastening means 300, the third fasteningmeans 5300 comprises a first screw 310 and a second screw 320, which areused to connect the first component circuit board 100 and the firstconnection circuit board 200 of the fifth optoelectronic arrangement 50to one another. In addition, the third fastening means 5300 comprises anelectrically conductive element 5310. The electrically conductiveelement 5310 is arranged between the surface 101 of the first componentcircuit board 100 and the surface 201 of the first connection circuitboard 200, and compensates for thermal length variations, in particularthermal thickness variations, of the first component circuit board 100and the first connection circuit board 200 of the fifth optoelectronicarrangement 50. To this end, the electrically conductive element 5310 iselastically flexible.

The electrically conductive element 5310 has openings through which thefirst screw 310 and the second screw 320 of the third fastening means5300 extend.

The electrically conductive element 5310 has two sections electricallyinsulated from one another. The two sections of the electricallyconductive element 5310 may also be physically separated from oneanother. The first section of the electrically conductive element 5310is arranged between the first electrical contact surface 110 of thefirst component circuit board 100 and the first mating contact surface210 of the first connection circuit board 200. The second section of theelectrically conductive element 5310 is arranged between the secondelectrical contact surface 120 of the first component circuit board 100and the second mating contact surface 220 of the first connectioncircuit board 200. The sections of the electrically conductive element5310 in this case respectively produce electrically conductiveconnections between the electrical contact surfaces 110, 120 of thefirst component circuit board 100 and the associated mating contactsurfaces 210, 220 of the first connection circuit board 200.

It is also possible to configure the electrically conductive element5310 not with two sections separated from one another. In this case, theelectrically conductive element 5310 is configured in one piece. Theelectrically conductive element 5310 then has an isotropic electricalconductivity that ensures that, despite the electrically conductiveelement 5310 being continuous in one piece, there are only electricallyconductive connections respectively between the first electrical contactsurface 110 and the first mating contact surface 210, and the secondelectrical contact surface 120 and the second mating contact surface220. To this end, for example, the electrically conductive element 5310may have vertical conductive elements (vias), consisting of metal oranother conductive material such as carbon or graphite, embedded in asoft plastic material.

The third fastening means 5300 of the fifth optoelectronic arrangement50 may also be used in the second optoelectronic arrangement 20 or thethird optoelectronic arrangement 30.

FIG. 12 shows a schematic side view of a sixth optoelectronicarrangement 60. The sixth optoelectronic arrangement 60 hascorrespondences with the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 of FIGS. 1to 4. Components of the sixth optoelectronic arrangement 60corresponding to components present in the first optoelectronicarrangement 10 are provided with the same references in FIG. 12 as inFIGS. 1 to 4 and will not be described again in detail below. Only thedifferences between the sixth optoelectronic arrangement 60 and thefirst optoelectronic arrangement 10 will be explained below.

The sixth optoelectronic arrangement 60 has a fourth fastening means6300 that replaces the first fastening means 300 and is intended toconnect the first component circuit board 100 to the first connectioncircuit board 200 of the sixth optoelectronic arrangement 60. The fourthfastening means 6300 is a clamp connection, and comprises a first clampjaw 6310 and a second clamp jaw 6320. The first component circuit board100 and the first connection circuit board 200 of the sixthoptoelectronic arrangement 60 are held between the first clamp jaw 6310and the second clamp jaw 6320 of the fourth fastening means 6300 andpressed against one another by the clamp jaws 6310, 6320. Preferably,the first component circuit board 100 and the first connection circuitboard 200 press resiliently flexibly against one another by the clampjaws 6310, 6320 of the fourth fastening means 6300 so that thermalthickness variations of the first component circuit board 100 and of thefirst connection circuit board 200 can be compensated for.

The first bore 140 and the second bore 150 of the first componentcircuit board 100, and the first bore 240 and the second bore 250 of thefirst connection circuit board 200, may be omitted from the sixthoptoelectronic arrangement 60.

The fourth fastening means 6300 of the sixth optoelectronic arrangement60 may also be used in the second optoelectronic arrangement 20 and inthe third optoelectronic arrangement 30.

Instead of the fourth fastening means 6300, the first component circuitboard 100 and the first connection circuit board 200 of the sixthoptoelectronic arrangement 60 can also be connected to one another byanother fastening means or another fastening method. For example, thefirst component circuit board 100 and the first connection circuit board200 can connect to one another by low-temperature soldering, adhesivebonding, silver sintering, shrinking on a shrink-down tube, riveting,caulking, crimping, eutectic bonding, molding a plastic around, or apress-fit connection. A corresponding fastening means or a correspondingfastening method may also be used in the second optoelectronicarrangement 20 and in the third optoelectronic arrangement 30.

FIG. 13 shows a schematic plan view of a fourth connection circuit board3200 of a seventh optoelectronic arrangement 70. The seventhoptoelectronic arrangement 70 has correspondences with the firstoptoelectronic arrangement 10. Components of the seventh optoelectronicarrangement 70 corresponding to components present in the firstoptoelectronic arrangement 10 are provided with the same references inFIG. 13 as in FIGS. 1 to 4, and will not be described again in detailbelow. Only the differences between the seventh optoelectronicarrangement 70 and the first optoelectronic arrangement 10 will bepresented below.

The fourth connection circuit board 3200 of the seventh optoelectronicarrangement 70 replaces the first connection circuit board 200 of thefirst optoelectronic arrangement 10. Besides the components also presentin the first connection circuit board 200, a further element 3210 isarranged on the surface 201 of the fourth connection circuit board 3200.The further element 3210 connects to third electrical connectionelements 3233 of the electrical connector 230 of the fourth connectioncircuit board 3200, and can therefore be electrically contacted via theelectrical connector 230.

The further element 3210 of the fourth connection circuit board 3200 maybe configured as drive electronics that drive the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130 of the first component circuit board 100 of theseventh optoelectronic arrangement 70, a protective circuit thatprotects the optoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 of the firstcomponent circuit board 100 of the seventh optoelectronic arrangement70, a monitoring circuit that electrically or thermally monitors theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip 30 of the first component circuitboard 100 of the seventh optoelectronic arrangement 70, a monitorcircuit that records a history of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip130 or an encoding element that encodes, for example, a color locus,brightness, spectral distribution or temperature excursion of theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip 130 of the first component circuitboard 100 of the seventh optoelectronic arrangement 70. If the furtherelement 3210 of the fourth connection circuit board 3200 is configuredas a monitor circuit, then the further element 3210 may, for example, beused to record a number of operating hours of the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip 130, or to record a temperature excursion.

The second connection circuit board 1200 of FIG. 5 and the thirdconnection circuit board 2200 of FIG. 9 may, like the fourth connectioncircuit board 3200, also be equipped with a further element 3210.

Our arrangements have been illustrated and described in detail with theaid of the preferred examples. This disclosure is nevertheless notrestricted to the examples disclosed. Rather, other variants may bederived therefrom by those skilled in the art, without departing fromthe protective scope of this disclosure or the appended claims.

This application claims priority of DE 10 2013 211 640.3, the disclosureof which is incorporated herein by reference.

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 19. An optoelectronic arrangement comprising a firstcircuit board, a second circuit board, and an optoelectronicsemiconductor chip arranged on the first circuit board, wherein a firstelectrical contact surface and a second electrical contact surface areformed on a surface of the first circuit board, a first mating contactsurface and a second mating contact surface are formed on a surface ofthe second circuit board, and the first circuit board and the secondcircuit board connect to one another such that the surface of the firstcircuit board faces toward the surface of the second circuit board, andthe first mating contact surface electrically conductively connects tothe first contact surface and the second mating contact surfaceelectrically conductively connects to the second contact surface. 20.The optoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein thesecond circuit board comprises an electrical connector, and anelectrical connection element of the electrical connector electricallyconductively connects to the first mating contact surface.
 21. Theoptoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 20, wherein theelectrical connector is a jack connector, an insulation piercingconnection device, a screw contact or a solder pin.
 22. Theoptoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein the secondcircuit board comprises a first solder contact surface electricallyconductively connected to the first mating contact surface, andcomprises a second solder contact surface electrically conductivelyconnected to the second mating contact surface.
 23. The optoelectronicarrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first circuit board andthe second circuit board connect to one another by a resilientlyflexible fastener.
 24. The optoelectronic arrangement as claimed inclaim 19, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit boardconnect to one another by a screw connection.
 25. The optoelectronicarrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first circuit board andthe second circuit board connect to one another by a clamp connection.26. The optoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein thefirst electrical mating contact surface presses against the firstelectrical contact surface, and the second electrical mating contactsurface presses against the second electrical contact surface when thesecond circuit board and the first circuit board connect to one another.27. The optoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein theoptoelectronic arrangement comprises an electrically conductive elementarranged between the first mating contact surface and the first contactsurface and/or between the second mating contact surface and the secondcontact surface, when the second circuit board and the first circuitboard connect to one another.
 28. The optoelectronic arrangement asclaimed in claim 19, wherein the first contact surface, the secondcontact surface, the first mating contact surface and/or the secondmating contact surface comprise a ductile material.
 29. Theoptoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the firstcircuit board comprises a slot arranged between the first contactsurface and the second contact surface, and/or the second circuit boardcomprises a slot arranged between the first mating contact surface andthe second mating contact surface.
 30. The optoelectronic arrangement asclaimed in claim 19, wherein the first circuit board comprises a thirdelectrical contact surface, the second circuit board comprises a thirdelectrical mating contact surface, and the first circuit board and thesecond circuit board connect to one another such that the third matingcontact surface electrically conductively connects to the third contactsurface.
 31. The optoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 19,wherein the first circuit board is a metal core circuit board.
 32. Theoptoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein the secondcircuit board is an FR4 circuit board.
 33. The optoelectronicarrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein a further element configuredas a thermocouple, an NTC thermistor, an element that measuresbrightness, an encoding element, or a further optoelectronicsemiconductor chip is arranged on the first circuit board.
 34. Theoptoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim 30, wherein the thirdelectrical contact surface electrically conductively connects to thefurther element.
 35. The optoelectronic arrangement as claimed in claim19, wherein the first electrical contact surface and the secondelectrical contact surface electrically conductively connect to theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip.
 36. The optoelectronic arrangement asclaimed in claim 19, wherein a further element comprising driveelectronics that drive the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, aprotective circuit that protects the optoelectronic semiconductor chip,a monitoring circuit that electrically or thermally monitors theoptoelectronic semiconductor chip, a monitor circuit that records ahistory of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, and/or an encodingelement, is arranged on the second circuit board.
 37. An optoelectronicarrangement comprising a first circuit board, a second circuit board,and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the first circuitboard, wherein a first electrical contact surface and a secondelectrical contact surface are formed on a surface of the first circuitboard, the first electrical contact surface and the second electricalcontact surface electrically conductively connect to the optoelectronicsemiconductor chip, a first mating contact surface and a second matingcontact surface are formed on a surface of the second circuit board, thesecond circuit board comprises an electrical connector, an electricalconnection element of the electrical connector electrically conductivelyconnects to the first mating contact surface, and the first circuitboard and the second circuit board connect to one another such that thesurface of the first circuit board faces toward the surface of thesecond circuit board, and the first mating contact surface electricallyconductively connects to the first contact surface and the second matingcontact surface electrically conductively connects to the second contactsurface.